ASEBIO facts and figures

These are some of ASEBIO achievements since it began its activity in 1999:

• Recognition of biotechnology as a productive sector in its own right and joining CEOE and EUROPABIO.
• Participation in parliamentary activities and designing public instruments to support the sector.
• Dialogue with high ranking officials from European, national and local governments and participation in the Science and Technology Advisory Committee, agency under the Spanish head of Government.
• Contacts with embassies and diplomatic representatives from over 30 countries.
• Presence at the most famous international events.
• Participation in a great number of studies, reports and doctoral thesis on the sector, in collaboration with universities, The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and other institutions - The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX), the OECD, the European Commission etc.
• More than 500 news releases in the press, on the radio and on television.
• More than 400 issues by members and partners resolved .
• Coordination of the first National Plan for Biotechnology Outreach..
• Creation of 10 working groups involving over 110 organizations.
• Organization of many meeting forums to analyze this sector.
• Presence at 3 European Platforms inside the VII Framework Programme.